Golf-ball.



PTENTED A UG. l1, 1908. H. C. LEE.

GULF BALLJ AE'LIUATION PILEDlAUG/ 1l, 1502.

UNITED STATES PATENT oFF-TCE.

KEMPSHALL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, Y., A CORPORATION OF-NEWJERSEY.

i GOLF-BALL.

No..aes,47s.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 11, 1908.

Application tiled August 11, 1902. 'Serial No. 119,198.

of Bergen and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulIm rovements in Golf-Balls, of which the fol owing is 'a specification.

. This invention relates to golf balls, and its object is to produce atlow cost a ball having excellent flying qualit-ies and not undulysensitive to a ligh't blow.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a view,partl in section, of a ball made in accordance-wit my invention. Fig. 2is a view of the preferred form of centerpiece.' F ig.'3 shows the Fig.2 device overwound with twine. Fiv. 4 shows the Fig. 3 device afterthe'appxlication of `gutta-pereha thereto; Fig. 5 is an enlargedsectional segment of the all. Fig. 6 shows a lenvth of helical wiresprinv used in forming tlie centerpiece of the ball.

In the several views, similar parts are designated by similar charactersof reference.

I coil or wind up in miscellaneous directions a len t. of helical wirespring 1, ref- 4 erably stee to form a centerpiece A, w iieh is highlyresilient. This centerpiece I bind with numerous windin rs of coarsetwine 2 or other tough materia preferably fibrous, but softer than thewire 1, forming a ball B, Fig. 3. The numerous large and smallinterstices in the outer portion of the latter I till with plasticmaterial 3, such as gu'ttaperche., making a ball C. The gotta-perche4may be applied by dipping the ball into a is increased.

solution of the material, or gutta-pereha may be heated and forced orotherwise worked into the meshes of the windings 2.

.Upon the filling (l I apply a wear-resisting cover I) of gutta-pcrchathus completing the golf ball. The guttaercha of the cover unites to theuutta-perc ia filling 3 of the twine' ball, so hat the strength of thecover lf desired, suilicient g'uttaperche inav be a plied u ion thewindings of twine 2 to form t ie shell i), which may thereafter beshaped ii. a press.

1llie'windings of twine 2 preferably bind tightl upon the centerpiece A,and it will be seen that the mass' of springs under such confinementbecomes a material factor in contributing to the flight of the ballunder a heavy blow; while owing to the presence of the windings of twine2 the ball is inactive under a light blow, and more so because of thepresence of the gdttaercha 3 throughout said windings, especia ly sincethis portion of gutta-percha is efl'ectually united to the outergotta-percha cover or shell D.

It will be seen that the ball comprises an open-work or cellular springcentral structure A, overwound withA material which by preference issubstantially unyieldinv in longitudinal direction; that thc hard lillinY or HARRY C. LEE, OF RIDGEWOOD, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR, BYMESNEASSIGNMENTS, TO THE core illustrated at. Fig. 3 is treated with pastic material 3, to which the cover D adheres or joins, said material 3having an allinity for l the inaterial'of said cover.

Variations may bc resorted to within the scope of my improvements.

Having` described my invention, I claim- 1. A playing ball comprisingwindings of helical wire spring, and a cover of wear-resisting material.

2. A playing ball comprising windings o f helical wire. spring, land acover of guttapercha.

3. A playing ball comprising a sphere of helical wire springs wound inmiscellaneous directions, binding material n pon said sphere., and agutta-percha cover.

A. A playing ball comprising a s )here of helical wire springs wound inmiscellaneous directions, binding material upon said sphere,gutta-percha filling the interstices in said windings, and aguita-perche. cover.

springs, and a cover of plastic material 100 mounted thereon.

HARRY (LLEE.

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F. W. BAHNACLO, C.. 1-. ll.\eiso.

